I’ve mentioned before how we came up with an itinerary as we went, and our next destination was ‘sourced’ by Belle doing an image search for nice swimming places.
So glad she found it because the area south of Lecce on the Adriatic Sea is one of the most beautiful places to swim that I have seen in the world.
So beautiful, in fact, that I barely took any photos above water (a bit of an oversight, I know) I was just so enamoured with the place I forgot to shoot it!
I did take two days worth of underwater photos though.
We stayed in Santa Cesarea Terme at the Grand Hotel Mediterraneo which had a lovely view, and an open window to the loudest streetside karaoke you could ever imagine hearing until 1am each night.
While we could have swum directly across the road, we ventured a little further and found places like these…
Of course, there is more to the area than just the stunning coastline…
The food was as delicious as the rest of Italy, and there are pretty towns dotted about with not too many tourists (a big bonus!).
But Oh that water!
Like I said, I spent two days taking photos underwater, so here is a little bit of what I saw there…
This spot, where we swam twice, had a cave you could swim through…
And this spot had sand like talcum powder…
Just so beautiful!
Seriously, I would happily move there.
Just perfect!
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